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Board of Directors

Executive Directors

Chief Executive Officer Lord Cruddas
Deputy Chief Executive Officer David Fineberg
Chief Financial Officer Euan Marshall
Head of Asia Pacific and Canada Matthew Lewis

Lord Cruddas

Chief Executive Officer
Appointed to the Board 03 June 2004
  • Committee membership:
  • Executive Committee

Lord Cruddas founded the Group and became its Chief Executive Officer in 1989. He held this role until October 2007, and again between July 2009 and June 2010. Between 2003 and March 2013, he also served as the Group’s Executive Chairman. In March 2013, he once again became the Group’s Chief Executive Officer and is responsible for running the Group on a day-to-day basis. Prior to founding the Group, Lord Cruddas was chief dealer and global group treasury adviser at S.C.F. Equity Services, where he was responsible for all the activities of a dealing room whose principal activities were trading in futures and options in currencies, precious metals, commodities and spot forwards on foreign exchange and bullion.

Current external appointments

The Peter Cruddas Foundation
Finada Limited
Member of UK House of Lords

David Fineberg

Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Appointed to the Board 01 January 2014
  • Committee membership:
  • Executive Committee
  • Risk Management Committee

David joined the Group in November 1997 working on the trading desk and developed the Group’s multi-asset CFD and spread bet dealing desk. As a senior dealer he was responsible for managing the UK and US equity books. Between April 2007 and September 2012, he was the Group’s Western Head of Trading, covering all asset classes for the western region. In September 2012 David was appointed to the role of Group Head of Trading and in January 2014 was appointed as the Group Director of Trading with overall responsibility for the trading and pricing strategies and activities across the Group. In June 2017 his role further expanded when he became Group Commercial Director and then in April 2019 he was promoted to the position of Deputy Chief Executive Officer.

No external appointments

Euan Marshall

Chief Financial Officer
Appointed to the Board 01 November 2019
  • Committee membership:
  • Executive Committee
  • Risk Management Committee

Euan joined CMC Group in November 2011 and he has held a variety of roles across the finance function, including Group Head of Finance. He was appointed as Chief Financial Officer in November 2019, where he is responsible for the management of all finance functions globally and investor relations. Euan has been a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants since 2005 and has 19 years’ experience working in financial services and business consulting including at Barclays, HSBC and Deloitte. Euan holds a BSc in Economics from the University of Nottingham.

No external appointments

Matthew Lewis

Head of Asia Pacific and Canada
Appointed to the Board 01 November 2019
  • Committee membership:
  • Executive Committee
  • Risk Management Committee

Matthew joined the Group in September 2005 and has held a variety of roles including Senior Dealer, Head of Eastern Equities, Head of Sales Trading ANZ, Head of Trading Eastern Region and Director of Asia. In his current role as the Head of Asia Pacific & Canada, he is responsible for implementing the Group’s business strategies across the APAC and Canada region for both the retail and wholesale CFD and foreign exchange business. He is also responsible for the Group’s stockbroking business. Prior to joining the Group, Matthew worked for Commonwealth Securities, Australia’s largest provider of financial services, dealing in equities, before moving into derivatives as an options trader and warrants representative. Matthew has over 17 years’ experience in financial services and holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney.

No external appointments

Non-Executive Directors

Chairman James Richards
Independent Non-Executive Director Sarah Ing
Senior Independent Director Paul Wainscott
Independent Non-Executive Director Susanne Chishti
Independent Non-Executive Director Clare Francis

James Richards

Chairman
Appointed to the Board 01 April 2015
  • Committee membership:
  • Group Risk Committee
  • Remuneration Committee
  • Nomination Committee

James joined the Group as a Non-Executive Director in April 2015 and was appointed as Chairman with effect from 1 January 2018 and Chair of the Nomination Committee from 31 January 2018. He has previously held positions as Chair of the Remuneration Committee and been a member of the Nomination Committee, Group Risk Committee and Group Audit Committee. James was admitted to the roll of solicitors in England and Wales in 1984 and in the Republic of Ireland in 2012. James was a partner at Dillon Eustace, a law firm specialising in financial services in Ireland, (2012 to 2016). Prior to this he was a finance partner at Travers Smith LLP for 14 years. Having occupied various senior positions within leading law firms James has extensive experience in derivatives, debt capital markets and structured finance working with major corporates, central banks and governmental organisations.

No external appointments

Sarah Ing

Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board 14 September 2017
  • Committee membership:
  • Group Audit Committee
  • Group Risk Committee
  • Remuneration Committee
  • Nomination Committee

Sarah joined the Group as a Non-Executive Director in September 2017. She has 30 years’ experience in accountancy, investment banking and fund management, including time with HSBC and UBS. She is a Chartered Accountant and was a top-rated equity research analyst covering the general financials sector. Sarah also founded and ran a hedge fund investment management business.

Current external appointments

Marex Group plc
XPS Pensions Group Plc
Gresham House plc

Paul Wainscott

Senior Independent Director
Appointed to the Board 19 October 2017
  • Committee membership:
  • Group Audit Chairman
  • Group Risk Committee
  • Remuneration Committee
  • Nomination Committee

Paul joined the Group as an Independent Non-Executive Director in October 2017 and acts as the Group’s Senior Independent Director. After over 27 years’ experience as finance director, Paul recently stood down from his position at the Peel Group. During his time at the Peel Group, Paul gained wide experience at both board level and in several different business sectors. These have included real estate, transport, media and utilities.

No external appointments

Susanne Chishti

Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board 01 June 2022
  • Committee membership:
  • Group Audit Committee
  • Group Risk Committee
  • Remuneration Committee
  • Nomination Committee

Susanne joined the Group as a Non-Executive Director in June 2022 and is the Designated NED for Workforce Engagement. She started her career working for a fintech company in Silicon Valley. She has 25 years’ experience in financial technology (fintech), banking, investment management and consulting, including time with Deutsche Bank, Lloyd’s Banking Group, Morgan Stanley Investment Management and Accenture.

Susanne is currently the CEO of FINTECH Circle, Europe's first fintech community focused on investments, innovation, and education, and the co-author of seven fintech books published by Wiley. She is often invited to share her fintech thought leadership at international fintech conferences and as a judge at fintech competitions.

Current external appointments

FINTECH Circle
Crown Agents Bank Limited
JLG Group PLC
LenderWize Limited

 

Clare Francis

Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board 19 December 2022
  • Committee membership:
  • Group Audit Committee
  • Group Risk Committee
  • Remuneration Committee
  • Nomination Committee

Clare joined the Group as a Non-Executive Director in December 2022. She has over 25 years’ experience operating at Board level in large companies in the UK and overseas and has spent over 25 years in banking and markets.  She has experience in driving emerging markets across Asia, Africa, and Americas. She is an Honorary Fellow of the Association of Corporate Treasurers and has sat on the boards of AFME and BAB. 

Clare was most recently the Global Banking Head for Europe, Chief Executive of Standard Chartered Bank UK and Global Head of Investors and Insurance at Standard Chartered Bank.  Clare has also held roles as Head of Global Corporates/International and Global Head of Financial Market Sales at Lloyds Banking Group and was Head of European Financial Market Advisory at HSBC.  Clare started at NatWest.   

Current external appointments:

Department of International Trade TAG
Infrastructure Exports: UK

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